The Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, the South African Christo Lamprecht and the Argentinean Emiliano Grillo shared the head of the British Open of golf, with 5 shots under parat the end this Thursday of the first day in the English field of Hoylake.
Cricket, 30 years old, thus signs a great start in a competition in which his best results were twelfth places in the 2016 and 2021 editions.
Fleetwood, native in this tournament, being originally from Southport (48 kilometers from the Hoylake course), he stood out above all with a streak of three consecutive birdies, between holes 14 and 16. In the event of a final victory, he would be the first Englishman to win the tournament since Nick Faldo in 1992.
For his part, Lamprecht, In his first participation in a major at the age of 22, he was invited by surprise to the party this Thursday with a card of 66 shots, after having won his place by winning the ‘amateur’ championship in the neighboring Hillside course, last month.
Among the favourites, the Americans scottie scheffler (world number one) and Brooks Koepkaa five-time Grand Slam winner, are one shot under par from the field and therefore four behind the leading trio.
The Northern Irish Star Rory McIlroywho is looking for his first big title in nine years, finished the first day in the par of the field.
The defending champion, the Australian cameron smith, was content with a card of 72 strokes (+1). The champion of the Augusta Masters, the Spanish jon rahmhad a difficult first day, with a card of 74 shots (+3), so he is eight shots from the top of the table.
Classification of the British Open after the first round (par 71)
1. Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) -5
Emiliano Grillo (ARG) -5
Christo Lamprecht (RSA) -5
4. Brian Harman (USA) -4
Adrian Otaegui (ESP) -4
Antoine Rozner (FRA) -4
7. Stewart Cink (USA) -3
Wyndham Clark (USA) -3
Max Homa (USA) -3
Alexander Noren (SWE) -3
Shubhankar Sharma (IND) -3
12.Alexander Bjork (SWE) -2
Matthew Jordan (ENG) -2
Kim Si Woo (KOR)-2
Guido Migliozzi (ITA) -2
Jordan Spieth (USA) -2
Michael Stewart (SCO) -2 (17)
Oliver Wilson (ENG)-2
…
48. Abraham Ancer (MEX) 1
Ignacio Elvira (ESP) 1
Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 1
67.Jose Luis Ballester (ESP) 2
91.Jon Rahm (ESP) 3
111.Alejandro Cañizares (ESP) 4.
Source: Ambito
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